Operation Whitetail "Freedom Ride" Rides To Raise Money For Wounded Vets

Operation Whitetail "Freedom Ride" traveled through the smaller towns of the Eastern Shore Saturday. Through the countryside of Preston, Federalsburg, Easton, all points inbetween and ending on Tilghman Island. Steets and roadways were lined with flags of all sizes and plenty of citizens were on hand to show their support for the wounded veterans and all military men and women that serve this great country. 

Thank you Greg and Shayne Meyer for all you have done and continue to do.

Photo/Susan Runnels

Ride benefits wounded vets
By
Dustin Holt

FEDERALSBURG -- Mid-Shore residents waved American flags and held signs of appreciation Saturday morning as more than 200 U.S. military veterans and supporters on motorcycles roared through the Caroline County countryside to raise money for charity.

Operation Whitetail, a non-profit for helping wounded military veterans, organized Freedom Ride, which took riders from Federalsburg, through Preston and Easton to St. Michaels and ended on Tilghman Island for lunch.

Showing their support for the Freedom Riders and all military-
Nick Robinson, Mary Harding, Jamie Shufelt, Bobbi Ane Bee,
Nancy Nagel, Hope Hall, Scott Runnels and Shane
Darling Meyer/Photo Susan Harding Runnels

Money raised during the ride gives wounded veterans a chance for a hunting weekend near Federalsburg. In its first year last year, the ride raised more than $7,000.

The National Guard and Maryland State Police escorted the riders on their trip.

Shayne Meyer, Operation Whitetail vice president, said she and her husband Greg began bringing wounded veterans to their farm near Federalsburg to thank military service members for all they do for the country.

Photo/ Patti Holland

"We bring them down from Walter Reed and they stay with us for four days to do some hunting around our farm and other farms around the area," she said. "A lot of the guys riding with us today are Vietnam veterans and they did not get the thank you they deserved 30 years ago. We wanted to make this a day of freedom and celebration. There is never a dry eye from Federalsburg to Tilghman Island.
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Thanks so much, Susan !